Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State ex rel. Buckley v. Hampton 23 N.C. 318 1840 0 North Carolina
New-Orleans Gas Light & Banking Co. v. Dudley 8 Paige Ch. 452 1840 1 New York
Chase v. Lockerman 11 G. & J. 185 1840 0 Maryland
Humphres v. Terrell 1 Ala. 650 1840 0 Alabama
Magruder v. Peter 11 G. & J. 217 1840 1 Maryland
Thigpen v. Horne 36 N.C. 20 1840 0 North Carolina
Hosack's Executors v. Rogers 25 Wend. 313 1840 1 New York
Coles v. Raymond 5 Blackf. 435 1840 1 Indiana
Mahle v. Terry 16 La. 248 1840 0 Louisiana
Wilson v. Royston 2 Ark. 315 1840 0 Arkansas
Perry v. Gill 21 Tenn. 218 1840 0 Tennessee
Morton v. Perry 42 Mass. 446 1840 1 Massachusetts
Shrew v. Jones 22 F. Cas. 40 1840 1 United States
Gilbreath v. Alban 10 Ohio 64 1840 1 Ohio
Doe ex dem Duval's heirs v. McLoskey 1 Ala. 708 1840 1 Alabama
Peck v. Bullard 21 Tenn. 41 1840 1 Tennessee
Stone v. Hinton 36 N.C. 15 1840 0 North Carolina
Simmons' Lessee v. Hendrickson 3 Del. 103 1840 1 Delaware
Saunders v. Turbeville 21 Tenn. 272 1840 0 Tennessee
Lambert v. Franchebois 16 La. 1 1840 0 Louisiana